My Best Friend

Friends play a very important part in everyone's life. Some friend offer you their shoulders to cry on; Other friends challenge your opinons or push you to try new things; Another friends offer their friendships and faith to cheer up with you. But my best friend Yuanyuan offers it all.

She's someone I can rely on. She knows me inside and outside. when I first moved here, She already settled in Seattle area, studying for The USMLE- United States Medical Licensing Exam. She helped me and gave me the best advice. I remembered after my first drive test failure, I told her I would never take the test again. She drove me to a quiet place and talked to me "Lily, I'm only a petite woman compare with you. I also fulled of fears when I practiced how to drive. Look, I'm driving now. If I can do it, you can do it too!" That encouraged me a lot, and I kept practicing, eventually I got my drive license.

She has a wonderful sense of humor. She always finds a way to handle every situation with her humor, even the bad ones. Because her husband discouraged to find a job, he has been studying on campus for 5 years. Sometimes, even his family and friends complained about him. She always told them be kind with every family members and friends. She said if her husband likes, he even can pursue his postdoctoral degree. She said it wasn't a perfect match a doctor and a postdoctor?

We are always talking or laughing about something. She always is warm-hearted and soft-spoken. We used to shopping a lot at mall. Sometimes it seemed like we hanging out together just sat and talked. After she moved to Baltimore for her three years residency training program, we always have talked to each other at least every two weeks. She is very active and calls me when I forget to call her every time.

As someone once said, "Life support comes from friends. " From that, we know friendship is the basic unit of a society. Because my friend and I have a deeper relationship, so I find the time that I spend with her to be very valuable.

Dr. Wang's Complaints

http://www.scribd.com/doc/30638058/DrWangComplaint

I was so shocked when I read these news.

Dr. Wang, Lishan, who has three little kids and his wife suffered cancer, was accused on Monday of fatally shooting a former colleague Dr. Toor, Valjinder.

Dr. Wang was fired in 2008. After dissmissal from Brooklyn hospital, Dr.Wang was unemployed. And Dr. Toor accept a post doctorate fellowship at the Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Dr.Wang sued Kingsbrook Medical Center on July 2009. In Dr. wang's lawsuit, he claimed that he was fired in 2008 because of his Chinese nationality background and that several doctors who were not Chinese had mistreated him. In the lawsuit, he said he was unfairly labeled excitable, emotional and unable to control his anger. "May 15, by accusing him of igonring pages and call from hospital staff while on duty. Dr.Valjinder told Dr. Wang that he had been looking for him for several hours in the afternoon...Dr. Wang attempted to defend himself again Dr. Valjinder's accusations by explaining that he had been working at the intensive care unit (ICU)..." Another issue is "On march 13, 2008, Dr. Wang was at work and not feeling well. Instead of allowing Dr.Wang to go home sick,they sent him to ER room for an examination... Dr. Toor came into the ER room and told the ER's Doctor to perform extra blood tests and unnecessary X-Ray on Dr. Wang...An hour after this heated discussion, Dr. Vajinder then accused Dr. Wang of threatening his safety by using hostile body language, although he did not summon security to assist him,” Dr. Wang’s lawsuit says, "Dr. Wang was ordered remain in a small room for the rest his shift and his shift ended at 9:00 PM that enening."

Then, Dr. wang complainted about Dr. Toor's interference, and Dr. Toor accused Dr. Wang of threatening him. The incident finally resulted in the dismissal of Dr. wang, only weeks after he filed a complaint with New York Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The lawsuit was still pending in the court.

Dr. Wang, Nowadays, is public enemy. I have no sympathies for him. But from his 89 points complaints, like several issues he stated, whether racial discrimination, prejudice or some doctors seemed to utilize their power to destroy his life. The board of directors in that hospital should have done something to stopping it years ago. If they had, the tragedy wouldn't be taken place!

Walking My Dog Makes Me Keep Fit!

This beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon, I took my dog Yong to an off leash Dog Park in my city, namely Cedar River Dog Park.

As soon as we arrived at the park, Yong wasted no time running around to meet the other dogs. Big dogs, small dogs, dogs that barked, dogs chased balls or carried sticks. All of these dogs, Yong went to meet and smelled them all. He really enjoyed it and made a lot friends soon after. He had so much fun and was so interested in everything. When he was getting thirsty, he ran to a water bowl and drank. One big dog picked up Yong as playmate, so they ran and played almost half an hour. On one occasion, the big dog stepped on Yong by accident. I heard Yong made a woof "Ouch", but they kept chasing and running again pretty soon. The big dog's owner felt sorry for that. I told him it was okay, cause they were good friends now. and my dog was a big dog's soul in a small dog's body. He could handle it! The owner told me his dog never ran so much like today, It seemed like my Yong made him run! Of course, my Yong has the make of an athlete, who also has kept me running all the time too!

I always like being outdoors with my loved one or with my dog, Walking my dog makes me keep fit!

Have You Ever Tried The New Light Rail?

My friend in Portland flew Seattle for her date this noon. Since it's my free day today, we planned to have lunch in Chinatown before her date.

Fearing parking in Seattle downtown, we decided to use Light Rail. I met her in Tukwila station, which she went from Sea-Tac airport station to downtown Seattle by way of. One thing that irks me is they don't put a station at my city, so I have to drive to the Tukwila station, which is on top of the hill.

We were excited on the way from Tukwila to downtown. This results in a maximum cost of $2.50 for a one-way trip. We could clearly see Mt.Rainier through the window.It just intrigued us how fast, comfortable and convenient light rail really is.

Got out light rail at International District, we ate lunch at a Chinese restaurant. And then we moved our feet on another light rail to Westlake station, which is in the heart of downtown Seattle's retail core. We, the two shopaholics, had an excuse to shopping here in a couple hours. And it was incredible, we still got attractive discounts from Macy's. My friend got a coat for $37.99, marked down from $199. To tell you the truth, this was my suggestion, because I believed if she wore the new coat instead of her ridiculous dress today, the magical "Avatar" blue would captivate the man's eye at his first sight tonight!

saying bye-bye to each other at 4 pm, I rode another light rail back to Tukwila station and drove my car home.

Heaven bless my friend, May all her hopes and dreams come true.

Ten-Year Anniversary!

Today was the 10th anniversary of the dialysis company I work with called DaVita. All of us got to celebrate by going on an Argosy Cruise around Elliott Bay of Seattle.

The weather was perfect with much sunshine and warmth. Inside the boat, everyone was happy, having drinks and later a perfect meal with spinach ravioli, chicken and salmon. All the administrators dressed up like pirates taking over the boat! The regional director had many compliments about our work, stating that we were first in the company to reduce catheter rates. We were excited with joy at the success! There was also a raffle for many prizes, including an I-Pod, a camera and a large flat screen television. No one could wait till took them home!

However, I did not have any luck because I didn't come home with any prizes. But my stomach was full and we spent an enjoyable day on the water overlooking downtown Seattle and Alki Beach.